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Italian Olympic skier Sofia Goggia has apologised for her recent homophobic comments in a new statement.

Misha Collins is coming out.

EASTENDERS will feature its first male rape storyline next month. Viewers will see Albert Square's Ben Mitchell, played by Max Bowden, 27, become the victim of a shocking sexual assault by new barman Lewis, played by 33-year-old Irish actor Aidan O’Callaghan.

according to a release from the Department of Justice. California-based Jeremy David Hanson, was charged in federal court in Springfield, Mass.

Marvel’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has been banned in Saudi Arabia for LGBTQ+ content.

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Season 14 RuPaul's Drag Race winner has been revealed.In the first time in Drag Race 'herstory' the top queen received a bumped up prize money of $150,000, with the runner up also pocketing $50,000.The top five stars Willow Pillow, Lady Camden, Bosco, Angeria Paris VanMichaels and Daya Betty all battled it out for one final lip-sync to see who would receive this year's diamante-studded crown.SPOILERS BELOW... Drag Race winner revealed! RuPaul gives out $100,000 prize in stunning finale as Willow Pill, Lady Camden, Bosco and Angeria battle in Vegas on FridayWhile this season boasted a ton of talent, it came down to a two horse race between Willow and Camden on Friday night, with 27-year-old Willow coolly racing through to the finish line.

The cast of Queer Eye can’t speak enough about Angel Flores.

pleaded guilty to mailing at least 20 letters threatening to shoot, bomb and attack LGBTQ organizations and businesses.

The original vest was sold for charity in 2008, but he sported a similar one in 2019. (Images by Matthew Rettenmund)

here! You've heard of heteronormativity, now allow me to introduce you to compulsory heterosexuality, which is the idea that society forces heterosexuality on people of all genders, but especially women. Since heterosexuality is so ingrained in our culture, and we often grow up thinking it's our only option, it can be difficult to determine how much of my perceived attraction to men and women alike is what I actually feel instead of what I should feel. I wholeheartedly believed this was true while I thought I was straight, but apparently, it’s pretty gay to think all women are just more attractive than men. I spent so much time thinking that I must be attracted to specific men because I was able to recognize that they were attractive people.

Madison Cawthorn, a North Carolina Republican, wearing lingerie in a Friday tweet.Politico first reported the images on Friday, showing Cawthorn appearing to have a good time while sipping a drink and surrounded by young women as he wears sexy lingerie. The news site reported that it received the images from "a person formerly close to Cawthorn and his campaign," with a second such person confirming "the origin of the photos."After the photos were reported and began circulating on social media, Cawthorn responded dismissively."I guess the left thinks goofy vacation photos during a game on a cruise (taken waaay before I ran for Congress) is going to somehow hurt me? They're running out of things to throw at me...," the GOP congressman tweeted.

A hearing has been set for Monday morning to decide if Donald Trump should be held in contempt for not complying with a court order allowing New York investigators access to three mobile devices and multiple document storage sites containing information sought by the state.

a cryptic letter about his “true self,” Rosie O’Donnell staged a comeback, and Prince Harry was pictured with budgie smugglers.

Welcome to Screen Gems, our weekend dive into queer and queer-adjacent titles of the past that deserve a watch or a re-watch.Why does Roddy McDowall not get more love? The quiet, whisper-voiced actor appeared in a whopping 270 movies & TV shows before his death in 1998. He also became one of Hollywood’s most renowned film historians, amassing a collection of more than 1,000 films at a time before most movies were even available on videocassette.Oh yeah, McDowall was gay and threw some of Tinseltown’s most notorious gay beach parties. So, there’s that.In honor of the late, great, Mr.

A post shared by LORD⭐️TROY (@lordtroy)For anyone who has ever felt afraid to show their bodies or wear bright “women’s clothing”, Troy Solomon is here to change your life and self-image.Also known as Lord Troy, Solomon is a 32-year-old plus-size model who uses his Instagram to promote self-love and body positivity. He does this by absolutely slaying lewk after lewk in dresses, robes, shades, footwear and cute AF accessories — all while rocking the nail polish and makeup — proving that genderqueer fashionable is both fun and sexy.“There’s really no specific formula to it,” he said on a Beautycon 2018 panel discussing how people can embrace their own genderqueer fashion.

Exxon Mobil will no longer allow banners of outside organizations on its flagpoles, angering some employees who in the past had flown a rainbow pride flag. The new policy allows only government flags and those representing Exxon Mobil and its employee resource groups, which are employee-led affinity organizations that are generally blessed by employers. Workers can display the pride flag and representations of other groups like Black Lives Matter on other areas of the company’s properties, including on lawns or in digital spaces.

As the internet continues to vibrate from Batman: The Animated Series voice actor Kevin Conroy’s “actually he’s been out for years” coming out, we can’t help but giggle. It never ceases to amaze us when straight people can’t quite wrap their heads around an actor or character they love being queer.Of course, radical gayness and all associated fabulousness are nothing new for the Bat-verse.

Libras are born between September 23rd and October 22nd. They are one of the three air signs (alongside Gemini and Aquarius) who are known to be intellectual, communicative, and spontaneous.Celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Bruno Mars, and Zac Efron are also Libras, proving that this sign has a lot of attractive qualities. Keep reading for the top characteristics that make this zodiac sign so irresistible!One of the most common traits of a Libra person is their natural charm.

'We need to be more careful' with transgender conversion therapyIt comes after Mr Javid said "we need to be more careful" when it comes to conversion therapy for transgender people.He said it is "absolutely right" that conversion therapy is banned "for LGB people" but said a "more sensitive approach" needs to be taken when it comes to those who are transgender.At the beginning of the month, the government changed its plans for banning conversion therapy, which had been first set out in 2018 by then prime minister Theresa May.The government now plans to ban only gay conversion therapy, not trans conversion therapy. It has said it will carry out further work to consider the issue."When it comes to conversion therapy, it is absolutely right, as the government has said, that we ban the so-called conversion therapy for LGB people," Mr Javid told Sky's Kay Burley in an interview earlier this month."When it comes to trans.

Randy Rainbow has waded into the battle over Florida’s newly-signed “Don’t Say Gay” law. In his latest video, he blasts Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, calling him a “slimy self-interested douchebag.” He also claims DeSantis buys all his suits “off the clearance rack of Burlington coat factory.”As we say at Queerty: them’s fighting words!Rainbow has built a career making parody videos, often lampooning anti-LGBTQ politicians for their ignorance and hate-mongering.

permanently suspended from Twitter in 2021, just 11 days before he left office, and two days after the Capitol insurrection.“After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” Twitter said in a statement at the time.Related: Just when we didn’t think things could get worse for Truth Social, this happened…Musk, meanwhile, has been a constant fixture on Twitter, and also one of its biggest critics. In addition to posting corporate updates, memes, and important messages like “Oh hi lol”, he’s also complained about free speech on the platform.On Monday, he announced via an SEC filing that he’d purchased a 9.2 percent stake in the company, making him Twitter’s largest individual shareholder.He also said, on Twitter of course, that he’d be using his new influence to push for “significant improvements.”Looking forward to working with Parag & Twitter board to make significant improvements to Twitter in coming months!— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 5, 2022That led some users who apparently miss Trump’s brand of Twitter derangement to lobby for his return.Hey @elonmusk it's simple #BringBackTrump Remove all the TDS crazy liberal snowflake executives @Twitter— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) April 5, 2022But it took roughly zero seconds for the hashtag to veer in a slightly different direction.

Randy Rainbow’s latest video says something newly forbidden in the state of Florida, thanks to the signing of the “don’t say gay” bill, and it’s that he’s “Gaaaay!”The musical satirist’s latest video, “Gay!”, opens with him “interviewing” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

An LGBTQ+ advocacy group in Florida has sued Governor Ron DeSantis after he signed the highly problematic ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill on Tuesday 29 March.We're proud to represent our extraordinary plaintiffs in challenging Florida’s discriminatory and unconstitutional #DontSayGay law.Here’s our complaint: https://t.co/oYKRz1wYCb@NCLRights @equalityfl @family_equality pic.twitter.com/GI5rQSQrPc— Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP (@KaplanHecker) March 31, 2022The lawsuit has been filed in a federal court in Tallahassee by the National Centre for Lesbian Rights on behalf of Equality Florida and Family Equality. They each believe that the new law is a violation of the First Amendment rights to free expression and other provisions of the United States Constitution.In a statement announcing their proceedings against the Governor, the LGBTQ+ group says that “This effort to control young minds through state censorship — and to demean LGBTQ lives by denying their reality — is a grave abuse of power.” The case also states that “The United States Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed that LGBTQ people and their families are at home in our constitutional order. The State of Florida has no right to declare them outcasts, or to treat their allies as outlaws, by punishing schools where someone dares to affirm their identity and dignity.”  A post shared by NCLR (@nclrights)In addition to this, the lawsuit includes statements from parents affected by the bill, including this emotional one from Dan and Brent VanTice: “Already, our children have told us that they are afraid that they will not be able to talk about their parents at school.

Donald Trump told some fans on Wednesday night that they didn’t “look gay.”During a fundraiser supporting Republican congressional candidate and former Trump administration Housing and Urban Development department official John Gibbs, someone shouted “Gays for Trump!”Trump then asked, “Where’s Gays for Trump?” After someone responded “We’re over here!” Trump looked in their direction and said, “You don’t look gay.”He then told the crowd, “We did great with the gay population,” while the crowd laughed.A video of the exchange has garnered more than 90,000 views on Twitter. Gibbs is opposing freshmen Michigan GOP Rep.

Related: Madison Cawthorn’s mission to destroy his career makes significant progressA video clip was shared by Patriot Takes on Twitter.Trump told a “Gays for Trump” supporter, “You don’t look gay” during a Mar-a-Lago fundraiser event for Michigan Republican John Gibbs.The crowd laughed.

Ron DeSantis—one based on parental rights and the other on transparency in curriculum—a group of parents in Oregon took local action against what they say is a lack of honesty and clarity in their kids' classroom lessons.In the state's North Clackamas School District, the grassroots group Oregon Moms Union held a small press conference this week calling out a principal and counselor from the district's Oregon Trail Elementary School for teaching a lesson about gender identity and expression to fifth-graders without parents' permission.According to Kori Haynes, Oregon Moms Union's Clackamas School District captain, it was a few weeks ago that the school's principal Jackie Brody and counselor Gianna Bargetto presented her son's fifth-grade class with a worksheet for "The Genderbread Person."The fill-in-the-blank worksheet is "a teaching tool for breaking the big concept of gender down into bite-sized, digestible pieces," according to genderbread.org, with the website touting the resource as "great for lesson plans and one-on-one guided walkthroughs." The worksheet is one of several materials cited by Governor Ron DeSantis' office as having been used in Florida public schools to the chagrin of some parents. The worksheet has also been utilized in schools in Arizona, California and Louisiana, among other states."He and the other students were told to rate themselves on scales from masculine to feminine, from heterosexual, bisexual and homosexual, from woman to nonbinary man.

Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis appears to be using the “Don’t Say Gay“ legislation he signed into law with barely any notice Monday as the new flag of his bible-based anti-LGBTQ re-election campaign.

Donald Trump told a gay supporter that they did not "look gay" during a Wednesday fundraiser at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.Trump held the fundraiser for Michigan Republican congressional candidate John Gibbs, who is opposing freshmen GOP Representative Peter Meijer. Gibbs served in the Trump administration as an official at the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

according to The Hill. It's the first lawsuit against what's formally called the Parents Right in Education Bill, which Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law on Monday.The law states that it seeks to "reinforce a parent's fundamental right to make decisions regarding the care and upbringing of his or her child in the public school setting."Also, the newly-signed law says that no discussion on "sexual orientation or gender identity" from either school personnel or other third parties may take place in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards."The suit, The Hill reports, says the law violates both the First and the Fourteenth Amendment rights of students, teachers and parents in the Sunshine State.

Republican Governor Ron DeSantis is the leading defendant in a massive 80-page lawsuit by Equality Florida against the “Don’t Say Gay” law he signed this week. Roberta Kaplan, one of the nation’s top civil rights lawyers, who successfully argued the Supreme Court case that effectively overturned the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA),  is the lead attorney on the case.“Florida House Bill 1557 (widely known as the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law) is an unlawful attempt to stigmatize, silence, and erase LGBTQ people in Florida’s public schools.

Ivanka Trump has turned her attention away from sending oatmeal to people in Ukraine to instead focus on handing out styrofoam containers of food to tornado victims in Arabi, Louisiana. But because she is Ivanka Trump, she couldn’t perform the act of charity without crowing about it on social media.Related: Ivanka would like a medal for donating “hundreds of thousands of dollars” to send oatmeal to Ukraine“On the road with my friends from Mercy Chefs today in New Orleans preparing and serving meals to families whose homes were destroyed by the recent tornadoes,” the former first daughter wrote on Instagram yesterday.

More absolutely terrible news for ex-president Donald Trump’s Truth Social app.According to a new report by Sensor Tower, the ring-wing Twitter knockoff has now seen a 93% drop in new signups plus a similarly sharp decline in traffic after going live on President’s Day last month.Related: Melania has a new grift and it’s even more grifty than her last oneThe app has seen downloads plummet by more than 800,000 since its launch just a few weeks ago, with installs on the Apple app store dropping to barely 60,000 per week.But it’s not just downloads that have tanked. Yahoo! News adds that weekly visits by people who already have the app have fallen to 1.9 million, from a high of 6 million when it first launched.Related: Donald Trump’s flailing Truth Social appears to have reached code red statusTrump created Truth Social after he was banned from Twitter following the deadly January 6 Capitol riot, tapping ex-congressman Devin Nunes, who once tried to sue a fictional cow, as CEO of Trump Media and Technology Group.

Ron DeSantis on Tuesday discussed The Walt Disney Company speaking out against his state's Parental Rights in Education bill, noting the Disney's cruise line features a stop in a nation where homosexual intercourse is illegal.DeSantis made the comments during an appearance on Fox News' Tucker Carlson Tonight. DeSantis hit out at Disney for recently taking a stand for LGBTQ+ rights after employees protested the company's silence about Florida's so-called "Don't Say Gay" education bill, which prohibits teaching kids lessons on sexuality, gender identity and sexual orientation in ways that are deemed inappropriate.After DeSantis signed the education bill into law on Monday, Disney released a statement that said its "goal as a company is for this law to be repealed by the legislature or struck down in the courts..." The statement also proclaimed the company is dedicated to standing up for LGBTQ+ people across the nation.DeSantis told Carlson he felt Disney only offered public pushback to the legislation after the "woke mob" came after the company.

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Ron DeSantis said on Tuesday that the Walt Disney Company "crossed a line" by announcing its plan to repeal the Florida legislation known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill, which was officially signed into law on Monday.In a press conference in Tallahassee on Tuesday, DeSantis told reporters, "For Disney to come out and put a statement and say that the bill should have never passed and that they are going to actively work to repeal it, I think one was fundamentally dishonest, but two, I think that crossed the line."The bill has been the topic of national controversy in recent months, as it prohibits the public school teaching and discussion of sexual orientation for children ages 5 to 9. Disney condemned the bill after CEO Bob Chapek initially stayed silent on the matter, causing the company's employees to stage a walkout in protest.On Monday, Disney announced that the company planned to work to get the bill repealed after it was signed.

HB 1557 into law yesterday afternoon. Known officially as the ‘Parental Rights in Education’ bill, it’s been dubbed by many the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill.Aimed at schools, it seeks to ban the discussion of LGBTQ topics mainly at the primary grade level.

The Biden administration once again is warning Florida about its widely-criticized and possibly unconstitutional “Don’t Say Gay” bill which Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Monday afternoon while surrounded by young children. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona Monday afternoon warned he will be “monitoring this law upon implementation to evaluate whether it violates federal civil rights law.”

Florida’s highly controversial ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill has been signed into law by the state’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis.

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Disney Company has officially condemned the controversial Florida legislation known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill, which was signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday.The condemnation, which comes from a Disney spokesperson and was obtained by Deadline, comes after the company faced backlash from its employees and customers over its complicated response to the bill. After Disney CEO Bob Chapek refused to give a direct statement on the bill, the company's employees staged walkouts demanding action."Florida's HB 1557, also known as the 'Don't Say Gay' bill, should never have passed and should never have been signed into law," said a Disney spokesperson in the statement released Monday.

MIAMI — Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida signed legislation on Monday that prohibits classroom instruction and discussion about sexual orientation and gender identity in some elementary school grades, a law that opponents have called “Don’t Say Gay.” “We will make sure that parents can send their kids to school to get an education, not an indoctrination,” Mr.

Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed the so-called Don't Say Gay bill Monday, March 28, which is almost certain to prompt lawsuits as opponents question the legality of legislation they see as harmful and discriminatory.At a news conference, DeSantis said teaching kindergarten-aged kids that "they can be whatever they want to be" was "inappropriate.""It's not something that's appropriate for any place, but especially not in Florida," he said.House Bill 1557, titled "Parental Rights in Education," will not allow classroom instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in grades K-3, while "age-appropriate" teaching would be allowed in older grades — though it is not clear what is considered "age-appropriate." The bill would also allow parents to sue schools or teachers who violate the legislation.When the measure cleared the Florida Legislature earlier this month, statewide LGBTQ+ rights organization Equality Florida promised it would "lead legal action against the state of Florida to challenge this bigoted legislation.""We will not sit by and allow the governor's office to call us pedophiles," the group said in a statement.DeSantis' signature comes after nationwide pushback from top LGBTQ+ organizations, Democrats, LGBTQ+ youth, corporations, and the White House. According to Equality Florida, over 600,000 people sent emails to lawmakers in opposition to the legislation.DeSantis also pushed back against critics of the legislation, saying: "I don't care what Hollywood says.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed controversial legislation derided as the “don’t say gay” bill into law Monday.

Republican Governor Ron DeSantis is expected to sign the possibly unconstitutional “Don’t Say Gay“ bill, which mandates schools “out” LGBTQ students to parents, on Monday at a taxpayer-funded charter school that has two board-approved anti-LGBTQ clubs.

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Got a burning desire to have your news personally curated by Donald Trump, Jr.? Well, now you can!This morning, the ex-president’s eldest son announced he’s launching a news aggregation site called “MxM News” that he hopes will compete with Apple News and Google News.Exclusive: Donald Trump Jr. launches news aggregation app https://t.co/IIrkgxzHjy— Donald Trump Jr.

Florida governor Ron DeSantis put his transphobia on full display while challenging the results of last week’s National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) swimming championship women’s 500-yard freestyle event.Trans athlete Lia Thomas narrowly beat Florida-native Emma Weyant, but not according to DeSantis.In a proclamation that misgenders Thomas and has no bearing on the results, the governor declared Weyant, who previously won the silver medal at the 400m individual medley at the Tokyo Olympics, the “rightful winner” of the event.Related: DeSantis press secretary tweets vile take on ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill and the Internet just can’t with her“By allowing men to compete in women’s sports, the NCAA is destroying opportunities for women, making a mockery of its championships, and perpetuating a fraud,” DeSantis tweeted along with the proclamation.He continued: “In Florida, we reject these lies and recognize Sarasota’s Emma Weyant as the best women’s swimmer in the 500y freestyle.”By allowing men to compete in women's sports, the NCAA is destroying opportunities for women, making a mockery of its championships, and perpetuating a fraud.In Florida, we reject these lies and recognize Sarasota's Emma Weyant as the best women's swimmer in the 500y freestyle. pic.twitter.com/tBmFxFE3q6— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) March 22, 2022DeSantis’ position that transgender athletes being allowed to compete puts “ideology ahead of opportunity for women athletes” has no scientific basis, according to experts.Many were quick to call out his transphobic comments for what they are:Ron DeSantis is a transphobic POS.